Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
JEWS OF THETWO STATES TOLD
ARAGRAnIS.


GEORGIA.
lce Was seen at LumpkID Friday Morn.
ing.
Clay superior Court eouVsnes next
Monday.
Grtfrn is inakiaE efforts TO secure 4 cot
ion compress.
Work has bean commenced on tairtecu
new houses In Button.
Foity-tNO tons OF Guauo was sold In
Temple m one day last week.
On April Mrs. Corinne Tunstall will
assume control and management OF me
Sandersvilia Hotol.
The Business Union. OF Milledgeviile,
has been instrumental in increasing the
trade OF that city S3G7, GOO per annum.
4. J. Holland & Sou, Of Temple, bought
about 500 chickens last week. Three or
tour hundred OF these fowls were raised
In HsralsoG.
The surveyors passed through Elberton
last week Gnd have by this time reached
the Savannah river. The lire of the sur
vey passed through the northern part of
the city, crossing the Air Line near the
residence Of Mr.. Hutchinson.
A. Martin, "A negro living On the farm of
w. Is. Mason, near Homer, was struck
and Instantly killed by Lee Griffin,
another negro at work on the place, Mon
day. A dispute over some trlfing matter
arose between them, when the deceased
drew his knife Oh Grfi." VINO at once
struck the fatal blow witt a ciuD The
woSnd is on the side OF the face.
Atlanta's Driving Park Association
has decided to locate their track on
plot OF land now owned by George ".
Collier. The tract fronts on the Belt
railroad, near its junction with the Rich-
nond and Danvllle raliro }d, about three
and a-half miles from the car sned. Ii
contains about 125 acres, and Mr.. Collier
proposes toreceiVe i'll payment iirst mort
gage bonds, bearing interest al per cent,
payable semi-annuaIiy. The price is $3.50
per acre. 1t will cost $l4, l15 10 construct
the track, which is to be a mile in or
cumterence.
Ebert Superior Court adjourned last
Friday evening, after dispOslng OF all the
business before 1t that was ready for
trial. The criminal business of the court
was light, there being no Iel0nes and but
few convictions for misdemeaNOr, There
were two cases for violation Of the prOhi-
bltion law tried. In one there was an
acquittal, and the other a conviction
with recommendation TO mercy. The
Judge imposed fine Of $50, and d motion
for new trial was made IN the case. Tue
good condition, ana returned about
twenty true bills for misdemeanor, quite
q number Of them being for selling
whisky.
Late Friday afternoon, as the con-
struction train on the eastern extension
of the AmerICus, Preston and Lumpkin
railroad was returning TO tae camps for
The night, and while passing over an en-
0ankment thrown up by the side of a
pond of water, the embaukment gave
way under the weight of the train, pre-
cipitating the engine INTO the pond, where
II struck on its side in four feet OF water.
Engineer kirvin and his troman,
feeling the engine sinking he
meath them, jumped from II be-
s0re it turned over, and thus escaped
without injury. With the eXcep-
lion Of a good soaking no serious damage
was done TO the little mOgul and ii VIII
soon be spinning over the rails again,
having already been raised,
Tom Dodd. who was engaged in the
difficulty at MERGERS restaurant at A.
lanta Sunday morning. is improving
gradually. He is still al the home of his
father, 99 Washington street. and is rpceiv-
ing every possible care and attention.
The cases against Powell, Polts snd D0dd
were not called in Ponce Court Monday
because OF Dodd's inability 10 be present.
Judge Anderson, however, exercised his
authority as a trial justice aud required
Powell to give a 5000 fond for assault with
intent to murder. Powell gava the bond
and was released. Later i'll The day
Powell Went before Judxe LNudrum and
swore out a warrant tor Dodd, char2InX
him with assault with intent 10 murder.
The warrant, OF course, has not been
served, as Dudd - vet unable 10 leave his
home. The cases against tue yOu0g men
will be called III Police Court as soon as
the injured man can get out.
Benjamin Clancy and John Dixon lost
their lives one night last week in Charl-
ton county IN an endeaYor 10 take that CT
another. John Roberts, a peAcoAble and
quiet man, lives III what is known as the
pockets" neAr the OkeUuuukee swamp.
Several years ago be mad difficulty with
family OF DiXons, whose standing il
society IS quite disrepU table, and III his
difficulty seemed to nave gotten the bet
ter of John Dixon, who tnereulon swore
against Roberts. knowing
the dangerous character OF the
Dixons, Roberts never veuiurcd aDy
distance from home Without his loaded
kun. On the night spoken OF, last week,
Roberts waS hailed and summoned 70
come out of mis- house. Not Knowing who
was there he took his time IA dressing,
ana lDen ne went out Will MS gun, when
he was fred upon by one OF the parry.
Roberts Immediately fired uuon mis- ar
tagonlst killing him instantly when The
other broke and ran, upon whom he also
fired and killed. Not until he weut out
of his house did he know how many were
outside. Roberts was not hurt. Nor did
Roberts know whom ne hau SHOT till he
found the bodies OF the men named above.
What disposition has been made OF the
case by the officers OF the law has not been
made known.
Americas Recorder: The following is
absolutely true, aud we think too good TO
be lost: At q recent term Of Justices
court, held in county not y thousand
miles from hele, = very important case
WAS being tried by Judge ----. Eminent
legal counsel had been employed BY both
sides, the evidence haG all been sub
mitied, the counsel for the com plainant
had finished his argument and The Judge
and those present were listening TO the
lawyer for the defense, who endeavOred,
OF course, to put forth his side OF the case
IN the best possible manner. All OF
sudden Judge was seen TO
write something on a small slip OF
paper, which lie then proceeded to iold
nicely, and depOslting the same in a copy
OF the Code in front of him took his hat,
and remarking TO the astOuished legal
gentlemen: "You can proceed with your
argument, MIR. -, and when you have
finished you will find my decision in this
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